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##taliatory strikes into zambia and mozambique over the following months, attacking both zipra and its rival, the zimbabwe african national liberation army ( zanla ). the attack on zipra in particular brought great controversy as many of those killed were refugees camping in and around guerrilla positions. five months later, in february 1979, zipra shot down air rhodesia flight 827, another civilian flight, in an almost identical incident. = = background = = a dispute over the terms for the granting of full sovereignty to the self @ - @ governing colony of rhodesia ( or southern rhodesia ) led the colonial government, headed by prime minister ian smith,